DALLAS, Pa. – Cantrell, Jackson, and Chan show speed at the Cougar Splash Invitational following a shortened meet.
 
The Pride would take first overall out of six teams with 499.5 total team points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED DAY 1 | FRIDAY, NOV. 22
 
Day one canceled due to snow in Dallas, Pa.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED DAY 2 | SATURDAY, NOV. 23
 
The first event of the day bowed to Matthew Niro, Dan Jackson, Alex Chan, and Joshua Cunningham in the 200-yard medley relay. The quad clocked in a 1:35.72.
 
Seth Phillips led a 1-2-3 finish in the 400-yard individual medley with a 4:21.19. Patrick Rankin took second with a 4:22.61 and Adam Bailey swam in a 4:27.90. All three marked new season bests.
 
Chan's 100-yard butterfly led a 1-2-4 finish as he clocked in a 51.89. Cunningham swam a 52.67 for second place and Niro tied for fourth with a 53.07. Zach Delgado snuck in at sixth with a 53.58.
 
Shane Douthit and Sean Lehan swam a 3-4 in the 200-yard freestyle. Douthit led with a 1:47.81 while Lehan swam a 1:49.18. 
 
Jackson took first in the 100-yard breaststroke by two seconds with a 57.73. Michael Machristie took sixth with a 1:01.76.
 
A 3-4-5 finish in the 100-yard backstroke for the Pride would be led by Patrick Rauch. Rauch clocked in a 53.71 while Kyle Cantrell finished behind in a 53.91. Niro's second event of the meet would result in the fifth-place spot with a 55.36.
 
The longest relay of the event list would show a second-place finish from Jackson, Phillips, Jason Mongiovi, and Lehan. The 800-yard freestyle relay displayed a 7:16.84 for a new season best.
 
Lehan's 1650-yard freestyle showed 32 second 50-yard averages to finish in a 17:34.04.
 
Rauch took second in the 200-yard backstroke with a 1:56.50. Niro and Rankin finished fifth and sixth respectively with Niro hitting in a 2:00.56. Rankin clocked in a 2:02.91.
 
Cantrell led a 2-3-4 finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a 47.14. Cunningham showed a 48.06 and Douthit hit the wall in a 48.71. Delgado took sixth with a 49.01.
 
The Pride stacked the top 10 in the 200-yard breaststroke with Jackson leading the way. Jackson clocked a 2:05.40 to win by nine seconds. Machristie took second with a 2:14.29. Shane Hubbard took fourth in a 2:16.76 while Mongiovi and Phillips finished after. Mongiovi swam a 2:18.03 and Phillips wrapped up the group with a 2:18.07.
 
Rankin's 2:03.59 was good enough for fourth in the 200-yard butterfly with Bailey swimming in a 2:04.02.
 
The Pride wrapped up the meet with a first in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quad of Jackson, Cunningham, Delgado, and Chan won by a second with a 3:11.10.
 
UP NEXT
Widener returns to the pool on 5-4 (2-3 Centennial) Washington College Shoremen on Saturday, Dec. 7 in Chestertown, Md. First splash is set for 1 p.m.